Joint GEOSHARE Workshop and Improved Modeling Summit

Overview: This workshop was a project of the Agriculture & Food Systems Institute, Center for Integrated Modeling of Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition (CIMSANS), as part of its efforts to launch new public-private partnerships that improve integrated modeling approaches for characterizing food and nutrition security. Partnering with CIMSANS was the Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Program (AgMIP), which has its overarching goals to improve substantially the characterization of world food security due to climate change and to enhance adaptation capacity in both developing and developed countries. Workshop participants included about 80 leading scientists with diverse areas of expertise: crop modeling, economic modeling, human nutrition, plant breeding, information technology, etc.

Program:The purpose of the workshop was to identify next steps for improving the modeling used to characterize the role of food systems in sustainable nutrition security (SNS), an improved assessment methodology being developed by CIMSANS that incorporates sustainability and nutrition metrics. The workshop was structured around ten breakout sessions, each of which resulted in a specific set of objectives and tasks that the assembled experts believed should be funded and performed.

Agenda:

Introduction and Workshop Goals Jerry Nelson, UIUC

Plenary Comment – Sustainable Nutrition at NestléKaren Cooper, Nestlé

Breakout 1 – Economic Models

Developing the Equivalent of the GTAP Database for Agricultural DataSherman Robinson, IFPRI

Elasticity Estimates for the 21st CenturyDavid Laborde, CGIAR

Breakout 2 – Economic Models

What New Features and Who Will Develop? Are There Advantages to Collective Action?Jerry Nelson, UIUC

VariabilityHermann Lotze Campen, PIK

NutritionJacques Delincé, European Commission

What Changes in Existing Models Will Be Required?Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Purdue University

Breakout 3 – Crop Models

The AgMIP Gold Standard for DataGerrit Hoogenboom, Washington State University

Opportunities for Improved Data Collection at CGIAR Centers and Other International Research CentersB.M. Prasanna, CIMMYT

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